An Introduction to Change Projects

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An Introduction to Change Projects

• Helen Phillips
• Research and Development Officer
• helen_at_ripfa.org.uk.

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What is a Change Project?

• One of six strands of work for research in
• practice for adults
• They identify an area of practice, take account
  of the available evidence, pilot new ways of
  working and evaluate the impact
• They are designed to enable participants to
  contribute to the improvement of evidence based
  approaches, both in their own agency and in the
  broader professional community
• They provide an opportunity for us to work
• closely and collaboratively with Partner
• agencies in our network

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research in practice Change Projects

• Completed Change Projects include
• Teamwise Using Research Evidence
• Firm Foundations for Organisational
• Support
• Current Change Projects include
• Using evidence in court
• Leadership for Evidence Informed Practice
• Partnership working at the frontline
• NIFTY Evaluation
• Alcohol and offending
• For further details of the above see
• www.rip.org.uk

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Change Projects are based on the following
principles

• hold improved outcomes for service users central
  to their aims
• adopt an evidence-informed approach to all
  aspects of development
• seek to include service users and/or service user
  views in the Change Project
• are practical and hands-on
• result in a product or event that can be shared
  widely to help improve practice

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Change Projects comprise 9 stages over 18 months
- two years

• Idea generation
• Scoping study/literature search
• Experts knowledge exchange/firm proposal
• Recruit and run Change Project Group
• Produce an Action Pack
• Recruit/run Action Pack Pilot Group
• Produce a final handbook
• Launch and publicise the handbook
• Promote and support use of handbook

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Stage 1 Idea generation (1)

• Letter to Partner Agencies-Directors of Adult
  Social Care
• Email to Link Officers
• Analysis of key government documents
• Analysis of ADSS current issues
• Analysis of work programmes of key research
  organisations including SCIE, SPRU, PSRU, JRF,
  MASCRI
• Liaison with our sister organisation research in
  practice

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Stage 1 Idea generation (2)

• Brilliant response with over 40 topics
  identified!
• Collated themes and cross checked these against
  activity already underway or about to commence
• Identified top 5 hot topics and explored these
  in greater detail
• Identified themes for future Learning Events,
• Information and Evidence Clusters

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Stage 1 Idea generation (3)Top Topics!

• Adult Protection/Vulnerable Adults
• Information for Self Directed Care
• E Learning/IT and training/development
• Prevention
• Quality Assurance

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Stage 1 Idea generation (4)

• Consult with Partner Organisations and Link
  Officers over preferred topics
• Finalise topic for first Change Project by end of
  February
• Communicate chosen topic across the network
• Seek expressions of interest to become part of
  the Change Project Group via Link Officers

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Next Steps.

• Stage 2 (March - April 2007) undertake/publish
  Literature Review
• Stage 3 (May 2007) hold Experts Knowledge
  Exchange and agree firm proposal
• Stage 4 (June October 2007) run Change Project
  Group
• Stage 5 (October 2007 January 2008) produce
  Action Plan

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Next Steps....

• Stage 6 (January March 2008) pilot Action
• Plan
• Stage 7 (April May 2008) produce a final
• Handbook
• Stage 8 (June 2008) launch and publicise the
• Handbook
• Stage 9 (July 2008) promote and support the
• use of the Handbook